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In the opening weeks of his presidency, President Donald Trump has set an intense pace in his use of unmanned aerial vehicles — commonly referred to as drone strikes — to wield deadly force, according to a new article from Micah Zenko, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Trump has launched 30 drone strikes over the first 41 days in his administration, including a reported 25 strikes in Yemen on March 2, which the Washington Post called “far more attacks in a single night than the United States has conducted in recent history.

(Screenshot from trailer/HBO).
“The Pacific,” the 2010 award-winning HBO series, followed the men of the 1st Marine Division during the brutal Pacific Campaign of World War II.
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman, the 10-episode series focuses on the Marines as they fight from Guadalcanal to Peleliu and Okinawa. Their war is one of brutal and unforgiving jungle combat against a determined enemy. When they finally return from the war, they must reconcile what they did to survive in combat with the black-and-white notions of right and wrong that exist at home.

Seven civilians were killed in an ambush in Uganda, endangering a ceasefire that has halted two decades of civil war. The Ugandan Military has pinned the blame on the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels.
Army spokesman for northern Uganda Chris Magezi told Reuters that the rebels attacked three trucks on their way to southern Sudan on Monday night, about 4km (2.485 miles) from the border.
“We recovered the bodies this morning,” he said. “They were stripped naked then beaten to death. The rebels also burned the trucks and looted their merchandise.

Monday saw the Columbian Army seize over 25t of cocaine from a number of speedboats in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of the western Colombian province of Choco.
“Not all the drug has been counted at this time, but it is clearly more than 25t,” said spokesman Angel Molina, making this
the largest haul in Columbia’s history.
According to official estimates, over 853t of cocaine has been seized by the Columbian authorities in the last decade. This cocaine would have a street value of over$20bn.

Sir Richard Dannatt, chief of general staff, has said that Prince harry will be deployed to Iraq with his unit, although the decision is under constant review.
Following the death of 12 British soldiers in April, it was suspected that the Prince would not see service with his men of the Blues and Royals
General Sir Richard, following a February announcement that the Prince would serve in Iraq, said: “I, as chief of the general staff, will take the decision and have taken the decision as to whether he should or should not deploy.

Iraq Army Officials announced that the army would aim to recruit and train a further 20,000 soldiers during 2007. 25 battalions and two division headquarters would be created with the help of the US military.
“Our goal is to reduce the dependence and increase the self-reliance,” US Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq, said. “That’s why we’re here.”
It is hoped that the expansion will allow troops to fight the Sunni insurgency. The additional troops will also allow unit rotation for rest, re-equipping and retraining.

Defense ministers from China and Gabon met on Wednesday and presented a united front, stressing the importance of close military ties.
In a meeting with the visiting Gabonese Minister of State and Defence Ali Bongo, Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan said the two armed forces have always maintained friendly cooperation.
Over the past few years, there have been frequent high-level visits and exchanges between the two armed forces, said Cao, who is also vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission and a state councilor.

The Russian Defence Ministry has revealed that suicides accounted for over half of all deaths in Russia’s armed forces so far in 2007.
According to the ministry’s official website, a total of 110 servicemen have been killed in crimes, accidents and suicides.
The deaths were mainly due to suicides (65), accidents (24), murder through negligence (seven) and hazing (five).

The Iraq Army has acquired light armoured vehicles from the US.
40 $39,000 troop carriers (Badger light armoured vehicles) were delivered to the Taji Army Base on 31 March. These 40 are the first shipment of an order of 398 Badgers.
Each Badger can transport 11 soldiers and two crew members, and contains a V-shaped structure designed to deflect blasts. “This vehicle can take us into the red zone [in Baghdad],” Iraq Army Sgt. Mohammed, a Badger driver, said.

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Pakistan’s President Gen Pervez Musharraf must resign from his army post, exiled former premier Benazir Bhutto has said.
Bhutto acknowledged having talks with Pakistan’s government, but said the resignation was essential before her party entered any political pact.
Speculation is rife that Musharraf will come to an arrangement with Bhutto to allow her to return to Pakistan before parliamentary elections due around the end of this year.

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